| 单词 | to skin one's eyes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto skin one's eyes P3. U.S. colloquial. to skin one's eyes: to remain alert, be on the lookout. Cf. to keep one's eyes skinned at skinned adj. Phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > observe or watch spya1400 wait1399 espyc1405 watch1487 gate?1590 to look sharp1680 stag1796 to keep one's eyes peeled1844 to skin one's eyes1851 to peel one's eyes1875 to take sights1934 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > be vigilant or on one's guard [verb (intransitive)] watcha1225 warea1325 bewarea1400 keepc1400 waitc1400 lay good waitc1440 to lie in great waitc1440 to look out?1553 to look about1599 awake1602 advigilate1623 to keep an eye open1651 perdue1656 to look sharp1680 waken1682 tout1699 to keep a sharp look-out1827 to keep one's weather-eye open1829 to keep (also have) an eye out1833 to keep one's eyes peeled1844 to watch out1845 to skin one's eyes1851 to have (also keep) one's eye on the ball1937 to watch one's back1949 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxvi. 179 A white whale. Skin your eyes for him, men; look sharp for white water; if ye see but a bubble, sing out. 1860 Southern Literary Messenger 31 458/1 Hold your jaw and skin your eyes. 1875 J. G. Holland Sevenoaks x. 133 Skin yer eyes, now, Mr. Balfour, we're comin' to a lick. 1948 F. Blake Johnny Christmas i. 5 He was coyote-sly, skinning his eyes for the main chance, and the pickings on his raids were too good. 1965 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 9 Jan. 13/3 (caption) Gary..skins his eyes apprehensively at his opponent's train. 1994 Guardian (Nexis) 19 Nov. 3 Ever since James Waller's unlikely folksy romance stormed to the top of US bestseller lists almost two years ago, publishers have been skinning their eyes for Bridges II. < as lemmas |
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